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Managers moonlight to make up for low pay
Half of NHS managers do not think they are well paid and one in 10 has a second paid job, according to a Unison survey published as part of its campaign for higher pay.
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GPs' retainer scheme 'offers model for NHS'
A £3m project to promote part-time work in general practice could be 'a model for the NHS', leading GPs have argued.
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Galbraith denies union claims of a recruitment crisis in Scotland
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has issued a letter to Labour MPs denying claims by health unions that there is a recruitment crisis in Scotland.
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Hancock's half hour
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Christine Hancock gives blood at the RCN's central London headquarters.
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Psychiatrists reject 'failure' of care policy
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has challenged popular public assumptions that care in the community has failed.
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'Urgent' Scots intensive therapy unit report due
Scottish health boards ordered to review provision of intensive therapy and high dependency units must report to chief medical officer Sir David Carter next month.
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Days like this
Anticipating Mrs Thatcher's NHS white paper... junior doctors' hours... nurses' grading appeals... suspended doctors...
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The icepick man cometh
New health minister John Denham is happy to be called a moderniser after a Bennite past. But will his appointment mean a leadership vacuum at a crucial stage of policy development, asks Patrick Butler.
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Milburn motors on
Although Alan Milburn was technically health secretary Frank Dobson's understudy, the new NHS primary care programme will arguably go down in history as Milburn's reforms.
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'There is a crisis. I'm not denying it'
Hospitals have buckled under the strain of this year’s winter pressures. Thelma Agnew and Laura Donnelly report HSJ’s findings, as health secretary Frank Dobson gives his verdict:
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Capital punishment
A snapshot survey of A&E departments highlights lengthy waits for admission in many London hospitals even before the holiday pressures began.
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Time-wasters
About half the calls made to Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service over the holiday period were a 'waste of time', claims trust spokesman Phil Morris.
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A matter of trust
One challenge of merging health and social services in a pioneering trust is allaying the fears of both camps that the other will dominate, writes Pat Healy.
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Culture shock
Paddy Cooney seems particularly well qualified for his job as chief executive of the Avalon Somerset trust, due to become the integrated mental health provider Somerset Partnership on 1 April.
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Enquiring mind
The late Brendan Devlin's contribution to evaluating surgical practice was ahead of its time and has had a lasting impact. Kaye McIntosh reports.
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Projects Editor
We are looking for a new member of the team to help develop a range of activities branded with the HSJ name. Part of this role will be to establish how wide-ranging these activities should be, but we expect they will cover conferences, debates, seminars, awards, online services, briefing papers, ...
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Short cuts: Hayman details £10m of colorectal cancer projects
Junior health minister Baroness Hayman has unveiled details of how £10m set aside for improving colorectal cancer services will be spent. Examples include £104,000 for a 'fast-track' clinic in Eastbourne and £36,000 for Birmingham Women's Hospital to investigate genetic links in the disease, which kills 20,000 people a year. Health ...
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Short cuts: PFI-funded hospital to go ahead on greenfield site
Swindon and Marlborough trust has been given planning permission for a replacement for Princess Margaret Hospital after deputy prime minister John Prescott decided not to call the plans in for a public inquiry. The private finance initiative-funded hospital will be built on a greenfield site on the edge of Swindon, ...
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Short cuts: Trusts told to set up 'robust' breast cancer systems
Trust chief executives have been told to put 'robust systems in place' to track urgent referrals from GPs involving suspected breast cancer. Trusts will also be expected to monitor referrals from February to 'test the new reporting instructions' and provide updates for health authorities on progress towards meeting the government's ...
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Short cuts: Alliance against assault follows smacking research
An alliance has been launched under the name Children are Unbeatable! to lobby for children to be given the same legal protection against assault as adults. Around 200 organisations, including a number of medical royal colleges, are involved. The Department of Health last week received research from Save the Children ...